Valley City Firefighters Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
341352311
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Valley City, OH, USA
Phone
3304833811
Rating
45
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$116,404
Expenses
$120,107
Assets
$92,351
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • James Burchfield (Vice President)
  • Kevin Laux (President)

People named in this filing

  • Ian Martin (Treasurer)
  • Jacob Curtis (Secretary)
  • James Burchfield (Vice President)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purpose of the Association is to raise money for the Fire Department and distribute these funds as needed.

What it reported doing in 2025

Community Support Donations for family adopted for Christmas, in memory of fallen public service individual and Go Fund for policeman from N. Ridgeville who passed away. Other donations include, Earhart FD Bunker Hill golfing outing, Buckeye baseball and softball youth league, and Valley City Community Group purchased fence for ballfield.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 77% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 11
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 11.2%; rating input score 11
  • Program expense ratio: 10.9%; rating input score 11

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.2%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.77; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.7%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.9% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 22.3% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.2% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 11.2% of revenue deployed · 10.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $13K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 11/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.